Telegram-herald., 1887-08-25


The Yankees are Erest erexsers- kysrs
son of nele san shoald bs eArto8asd vita
coeksds tzt o. = -'sszr-spznglsd banner
IA one hsnd snd screeehl8g cage IN TIE
other. While strss0sr might ran from his
big mouth with tie Ga song ensls1onsd
upon i
Gone alons. rslsh along usks no dslsy.
Cozae lro1 every eoA--FS. eogae ito2 esSfs
asy~-
And then II goes on 10 ssseEsrste that no
dsiszsts need 70 tske any alarm. as Sznusl
Is rich enough 70 give u al farm.
But after all the United States is not -
m0numeatally big nor has she any large
amount OF garden territory 10 devote a. the
present time-sspecislly 10 foreign snaTch-
ists-and psapers- Geographically speak
ing. We have only lev square miles of
territory more than Canada or Brazil. while
both the British and the Russian EIapirs
have. respectively. nearly three ELEGANT
acres 10 our one. Even Chins outstfipS Us
by 500 900 square miles. while as 20 populs-
ton. We cut a most Insignificant figure.
For instance, upon counting noses We
find "the grandest Republic the sun has
ever sh0ne upon" has & population OF
lsIways using round numbers) So millions
a. compared with ass millions for the
Chinese Empire. so millions for the
British, 100 millions for the Rnssians-a
startling numerical belittlement, ., brother
JOnathanl
But then, the United States is g little
bigger than Germany, France. japan,
Turkey or Italy, which fact affords any
American rooster ample grounds for flying
on the fence and Growing a. the whole
universe
Only II Is q pride-squelching re nection
that a foreign combination of wsr-like
powers could swarm this b0estful Republic,
as ants mount mole bill. and wipe out
our nationality as alligator soap obliter-
ates a grease spot from u dsrkey's coat
sleevel And what watts 1t TO decry this on
the score of superior intelligence and the
possibility OF coast defenses?
But We are more generally educated than
most of the nations, and our Government
debt is not so great As several of them, al
though seven farms out of ten. the
country over. are mortgaged tor all they
would brng under the hammer.
And talking about debt we can well look
up To the heathen Chinee, for the indebted
ness OF that Celestial Empire is less than
one cent per capita, while the load which
Uncle Sam is carrying is more than 1900
times that, on the shoulders of every man,
woman and child of u.s. and if we embrace
persanGl obligations, it would not be much
of an exaggeration to throw in the dogs and
cats.
We owe two dollars to the British EN-
pire's one ION the population basis, and
even bankrupt Russia is only few inches
deeper in the mud than our mortgage and
bond-cursed republic.
They claim that France would sell fol
enough TO pay eff his national and indi-
vidusl debts. How is it with the United
States?
But we are a star of the first magni-
tude"-no doub. OF that; only, looking over
the word, even q Fourth of July orator
must behold that we are but star. Oul
swine and fig tree" spread over territory
about the size of Brazil, with not half a:
varied climate; and when we talk of an
nexing Canada it is well To reflect that she
is territorislly nearly as big as We are, anc
at the present time is owned by the British
Empire, which has six times our popula
tion, several times our domain, owes only
half as much per capita, and has money
enough in London alone to buy up thi:
American republic, body and breeches.
| Yet the star-spangled banner shall wave
| the cannons and firecrsckers roar anS
| crack; the eagles scream, and every Yanke'
| old enough to squawk, boastiEgly sing. .tha
good Old song, Hail Columbia"
farmer REYNOLDS.